Todd D. Milewski

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here’s some postgame video reaction from Wisconsin’s 7-2 victory over Minnesota State on Thursday in the WCHA Final Five quarterfinals: Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves, Tyler Barnes, Jefferson Dahl, Frankie Simonelli, video courtesy Wisconsin Athletics [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRh4_5Hnb5k width=500] Minnesota State winger Eriah Hayes [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/nPP_OkDF2M8 width=500] Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/-__JUt4oF_w … Read more

  USCHO.com: WCHA Final Five quarterfinals (03/21/2013)     Close   1:44 Todd D. Milewski:  Greetings from the Xcel Energy Center. We’ve got Wisconsin and Minnesota State coming up in about 23 minutes. Thursday March 21, 2013 1:44 Todd D. Milewski 1:53 Timothy Boger:  Minnesota State is 0-2 at the Final Five and last appeared at one in 2003. … Read more

Please excuse the temporary bout of morbidity I’m about to throw into one of the most exciting times in the college hockey season. At some point or another, we all wonder how we’ll be remembered after we’re gone. Some of us would like to be known for having been kind to others. Some of us, … Read more

The transition to playoff intensity wasn’t too far of a leap for No. 14 Wisconsin. “We’ve been playing playoff hockey since November when we started off the season 1-7-2,” Badgers’ captain John Ramage said. “It was just another game.” Ramage scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Wisconsin scraped out a 3-1 victory … Read more

To complete its season-long comeback, Wisconsin had to avoid allowing another third-period comeback. Leading by a goal entering the third period for the second straight night, the No. 14 Badgers held off a St. Cloud State team desperate to keep the MacNaughton Cup to itself. Michael Mersch scored twice, and Wisconsin beat the No. 8 … Read more

  WCHA Final Face-Off championship game (03/09/2013)     Close   6:55 Arlan Marttila:  Welcome to the WCHA Final Face-Off championship game matching the University of North Dakota (26-10-1) and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (37-0-0). Saturday March 9, 2013 6:55 Arlan Marttila 6:55 Arlan Marttila:  This is the first appearance in the league title game for North Dakota. It … Read more

Here are photos from Friday’s WCHA Final Face-Off semifinal games, North Dakota’s 2-1 victory over Wisconsin and Minnesota’s 5-0 victory over Ohio State: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00006V8HyuHxAac” g_name=”20130308-WCHATourneyWomen” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” … Read more

Joakim Ryan tallied a goal and an assist to lead Cornell to a 4-0 victory over Princeton on Friday at Hobey Baker Rink. John Esposito, Christian Hillbrich and John McCarron also scored for Cornell, which took a 1-0 lead in the ECAC Hockey best-of-three series. Goaltender Andy Iles made 26 saves to earn the shutout … Read more

Josh Mitchell’s goal with 13 seconds left in the second period broke a tie, and Jordan Ruby made 14 of his 32 saves in the third period as Rochester Institute of Technology beat American International 2-1 on Friday. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Atlantic Hockey first-round playoff series. Chris Saracino put … Read more

MADISON, Wis. — It wasn’t much more than 15 minutes after one of the most important accomplishments in the 26-season Division I history of St. Cloud State hockey, and Drew LeBlanc was already thinking about the next step. The Huskies clinched at least a share of the MacNaughton Cup and the top seed for the … Read more